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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - United States of America won the toss and choose to bowl first
United States of America won by Tie Breaker
Can the hosts make it two wins from two or will Pakistan get their campaign off to a winning start in Dallas?
We are backing Pakistan to win.
Tournament: | ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2024 |
Format: | t20 |
Venue: | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, United States |
Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
Weather: | 25.4°C|Sunny |
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With the USA getting the tournament off to a flying start as they defeated their neighbours north of the border, Canada, all eyes will be back on Dallas for this fixture to see if the co-hosts can back up that win against one of the biggest teams in the competition.
Pakistan have a fine T20 World Cup pedigree, winning the tournament once and finishing as runners-up twice including in 2022. But even two years ago they lost to Zimbabwe in the group stage so an upset can never be ruled out.
One thing for sure is any neutral will be ing USA as cricket lovers around the globe continue to the expansion of the game.S
104/9 in 20.0 5.2
BAN vs USA 2024
Bangladesh beat United States of America by 10 wickets108/0 in 11.4 9.25
144/6 in 20.0 7.2
BAN vs USA 2024
United States of America beat Bangladesh by 6 runs138/10 in 19.3 7.08
156/5 in 19.3 8
BAN vs USA 2024
United States of America beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets153/6 in 20.0 7.65
169/6 in 19.4 8.59
CAN vs USA 2024
United States of America beat Canada by 4 wickets
168/5 in 20.0 8.4
Successfully chasing down a target of 195 with 7 wickets in hand and 14 balls remaining was quite the start to T20 World Cup life for America on Saturday but this game is likely to be a much sterner contest as Pakistan are many levels above Canada.
That said, USA will not come into this fixture with anything to lose and they have already shown they have the talent to compete at cricket's top table when they beat Bangladesh 2-1 in their recent T20I series.
After strong batting saw them home against Canada, USA will need their bowlers to step up in this game after it was only the experienced left-arm spin of Harmeet Singh (1/27) who showed much control in Match 1.
Steven Taylor, Monank Patel (c) (wk), Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Corey Anderson, Nitish Kumar, Harmeet Singh, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Jasdeep Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan
Aaron Jones, Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Jasdeep Singh, Nitish Kumar, Nosthush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar, Monank Patel, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Steven Taylor
For an unpredictable cricketing nation, it is quite predictable what Pakistan will bring to this game and to the T20 World Cup in general. Some chaotic scenes off-camera are more than likely, as seen by Babar Azam reinstated as white-ball skipper less than five months after stepping down, alongside some must-watch hitting from their batters and no doubt some of the most exciting pace bowling in the tournament.
Pakistan will look to their opening pair of Babar and Mohammad Rizwan to build a solid platform at the top of the order before the likes of Iftikhar Ahmed and Fakhar Zaman are given a licecne in the middle order.
With the ball, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf are both in strong form but the bowling of Shadab Khan will need to improve after a poor showing in England.
Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam (c), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan (wk), Iftikhar Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Haris Rauf
Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Usman Khan, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi
It is going to be a very hot afternoon in Dallas on Thursday with the temperature likely to soar into the mid-30s! There is no threat of rain and it will be hard work for the bowlers.
Pitch Condition
Batting Conditions
Pace Bowling
Spin Bowling
We saw in Match 1 of the tournament that this is a good batting pitch and USA could well have gone on to score 225-230 against Canada. A par score is likely to be in the region of 210 in this game.
USA won when chasing against Canada but T20 games here in the Major League Cricket have shown a bias towards teams batting first. Therefore, we predict that both sides will want to bat first.
Most pundits expected USA to beat Canada in the opening game of the tournament but the swagger shown by Aaron Jones and the margin of victory was a surprise to many. We anticipate that USA will try and bat in the same manner against Pakistan but are likely to come unstuck against this bowling attack. There could be some nervy moments for Pakistan but we expect them to come out on top.
We are backing Pakistan to win.
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